F E B R U A R Y   4 — 1 0 ,   2 0 2 6

7 Days in Singapore
with Mum

"Not a destination. A decision."

S I D D H A R T H   &   M U M

01

Tuesday, 4th February

The Departure

Airport lounge — the trip begins
Business class, Singapore Airlines SQ403
Settled into business class — her smile said everything
KrisWorld — Delhi → Singapore
Her reflection in the seat mirror — quiet wonder at 35,000 feet

"The trip had already begun before the plane left the ground."

02

Wednesday, 5th February

Changi, Wonder & the Skyline

Travelator at Changi — we have arrived
Together beneath the Rain Vortex
Mum at the Rain Vortex — pure awe
The scale of Jewel is something else entirely
Mirror Maze — neon lights & infinite reflections
Speak no evil — playing along at Canopy Park

D A Y   0 2   —   A F T E R N O O N   &   E V E N I N G

From Jewel to Marina Bay

The Sampan ride at MBS — peace sign, red boat, turquoise water
Cruising the Shoppes canal together
Selfie by the Sampan waterfall
Gardens by the Bay from the SkyDeck at dusk

"The entire city stretched out below us — but the real view was watching mum take it all in."

Later that evening — Supertrees glowing, ships dotting the harbour
03

Thursday, 6th February

Wild Things & New Horizons

The photo that needs no caption.
Welcome to Mandai Singapore Zoo
Rock on, mum!
Buggy ride selfie — between zoo and Bird Paradise
Bird Paradise — mum with wings. She's always had them.
Poolside — the art of doing nothing together
Hotel Indigo Katong — colourful tiles, quiet contentment
04

Friday, 7th February

Stories, Sentosa & the Sea

Cable car, Sentosa line — Korean finger hearts at altitude
Mum in the cable car — city glowing behind her
Mount Faber harbour at night

"Some moments don't need words. The cable car was one of them."

05

Saturday, 8th February

Gardens, Kindness & Light

Palawan Beach, Sentosa
Harbour views — cable cars & tall ships

Four takes, one mirror, the same warmth in every frame.

Walking towards MBS — mum trailing behind, taking it all in

D A Y   0 5   —   E V E N I N G

Gardens by the Bay

Floral Fantasy — fairy-tale flowers
Cloud Forest — cascading blue waterfall
The enchanted grotto
Flower Dome bench — fairy lights at night
Supertrees — electric blue against MBS
Garden Rhapsody — red & green
Purple Supertrees — towering, draped in moss & light

"If there's one image I'll carry forever, it's her face lit by the Supertree lights."

06

Sunday, 9th February

Heights, Slings & Sweet Things

Infinity pool — Pan Pacific, sunrise
Skyline reflected in still water
Singapore Flyer VIP — capsule #13, Singapore Slings in hand
Together in the capsule — city spinning below
Cheers! Singapore Sling selfie
From the top — MBS and the entire skyline at night
The Flyer's arm reaching into the night
The Flyer from below — geometry & light
07

Tuesday, 10th February

The Temple & Coming Home

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple — where mum prayed and the trip found its soul
Inside — gold, devotion, a thousand lights
The altar — ornate beyond imagination
Business class home — thumbs up, full hearts, trip complete

"Seven days. Five hotels. Twenty experiences. One mum. The best week of the year."

T H E   D A T A

After age 20, time spent
with your parents drops
off a cliff.

By the time you turn 20, you have already
used up roughly 90% of the in-person time
you will ever spend with your parents.

This trip was a refusal to accept
that curve as destiny.

7DAYS
5HOTELS
20+EXPERIENCES
1MUM

E P I L O G U E

Not a Destination.
A Decision.

This wasn't the most expensive trip.

It wasn't the most exotic.

It was the most intentional.

 

Seven days where the only agenda was presence.

 

You don't need Singapore.

You need a reason to book the ticket.

 

And the reason has been calling you —
probably while you were too busy
scrolling to pick up.

Where it all began — and where we'll begin again.

S I D D H A R T H   &   M U M   —   S I N G A P O R E ,   F E B R U A R Y   2 0 2 6